1869 in Ireland

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See also:	1869 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 1869; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1869 in Ireland.

Events

July 26 – theroyal assentis given to theIrish Church Act,disestablishingtheChurch of Irelandwith effect from1871and abolishing payment oftithe,the legislation having passed through theHouse of Commons of the United KingdomandHouse of Lords.^[1]^[2]
August – anti-Irish riots at Pontlottyn in theRhymney ValleyofWalesresult in one death.
August 31 – scientistMary Wardis killed in a steam car accident atParsonstown,^[3]Ireland's first victim of a mechanically propelled road vehicle.

16 March –Peter Maher,boxer (died1940).
27 March –James McNeill,politician and secondGovernor-General of the Irish Free State(died1938).
26 April – Lowry Hamilton, cricketer (died1936).
19 May –John Wheatley,socialist politician (died1930 in Scotland)
23 May –Hamilton Lyster Reed,recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1899 at theBattle of Colenso,South Africa(died1931).
29 May –William Harman,cricketer (died1962).
1 August –Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury,politician inAlberta,Canada(died1951).
6 August –David McKee Wright,poet (died1928 in Australia).
30 November –James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn,Unionistpolitician and firstGovernor of Northern Ireland(died1953).^[5]
27 December –William Harrington,cricketer (died1940).
Helen Boyle,physician and psychologist (died 1957 in England)

30 January –William Carleton,writer (born1794).
11 February –Patrick J. Whelan,tailorand allegedFeniansympathizer, convicted ofassassinationofThomas D'Arcy McGeein 1868, hanged (b. c1840).
2 March –Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough,British Field Marshal(born1779).
6 March –James Emerson Tennent,politician and traveller (born1804).
14 March –Joseph Francis Olliffe,physician (born1808).
26 March –John T. Mullock,Roman Catholic BishopofSt. John's,Newfoundland(born1807).
31 August –Mary Ward,scientist (born1827).
10 June –Joseph Prosser,recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1855 atSevastopol,Crimea(born1833;died in Liverpool).

^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 290–291.ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^Freeman's Journal.27 July 1869. p.2.
^"Appalling Accident: Sudden Death of the Hon. Mrs. Ward".King's County Chronicle.1869-09-01.
^"Duke of Edinburgh visits Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor".Northern Ireland Office.2006-03-03. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-08.Retrieved2012-09-28.
^Abercorn: James Hamilton^{[permanent dead link]}